Not able to delete artifacts with APIs

Sonatype Nexus Repository
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I am using cURL command to delete an artifact package, but there I am getting the following error

< HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden
< Server: Nexus/3.30.0-01 (OSS)
< X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff
< Content-Security-Policy: sandbox allow-forms allow-modals allow-popups allow-presentation allow-scripts allow-top-navigation
< X-XSS-Protection: 1; mode=block
< Content-Length: 0

Here I am using this command
curl -v -u ${NEXUS_CREDS} -X “DELETE” http://${SONATYPE_NEXUS_SERVICE_SERVICE_HOST}:${SONATYPE_NEXUS_SERVICE_SERVICE_PORT}/repository/${NEXUS_REPO_NAME}/${APP_NAME}/${PACKAGE}

This command is running as a Jenkins job and all variables are assigned values. Can anyone please confirm why Nexus is giving this error and how to find the root cause.

2

Hi Pallavi,
Status code 403 Forbidden means you do not have permissions to delete the asset.

3

403 Forbidden could mean your login credentials were incorrect, or it could mean they were correct but you didn’t have delete permissions on the asset or repository.

4

Thanks all. I got it resolved. Is there anyway to delete component using Nexus API calls?

5

You can find the swagger UI for our REST APIs under Admin > System > API. I believe there is a delete on the component API.